TOPICS - SPEAKERS

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Meeting Theme

How can we rejuvenate metabolic surgery?

TOPICS & SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE

The barriers to metabolic surgery and how to deal with them: the patient, GP and diabetologist perspective
Martine Laville, France

Barriers to metabolic surgery. How can we overcome poor penetrance? The surgeon perspective
Almantas Maleckas, Lithuania

The medical bypass: How close are we?
Alexander Kokkinos, Greece

Pharmacotherapy for obesity before and after metabolic surgery
Carel le Roux, Ireland

The role of structured lifestyle modification in bariatric and metabolic surgery patients
Francis Finucane, Ireland

The risks of reoperations vs primary operations and drug therapy
Torsten Olbers, Sweden

Surgery has changed the landscape of diabetes care. How does diabetes change the practice of surgery?
Francesco Rubino, UK

Impact of obesity surgery on the polycystic ovarian syndrome
Alex Miras, UK

Adipocyte tissue fibrosis as a diagnostic marker and predictor of response
Karine Clement, France

Non-invasive monitoring of NASH remission after metabolic surgery
Francois Pattou, France

Can liquid biopsies for NASH help increase the penetrance of metabolic surgery?
Geltrude Mingrone, Italy

KEYNOTE LECTURE

From the discovery of leptin to continuous advances in obesity pharmacotherapy; recent progress, interactions and integration with metabolic surgery
Christos S. Mantzoros, USA